Learning Modules

This module is aimed at CCI intermediaries – business support organisations working with CCI, cultural institutes, sectoral networks and public authorities – to build their capacity to strengthen internationalisation for CCI companies, i.e. to further enable CCI businesses to export their products or services to other countries as well as cooperate with each other across borders.

Primarily, the module is designed for individuals and organisations that have no or little previous experience with organising networking and pitching competitions for an international audience. At the same time, if you already have significant experience in organising networking and pitching competitions, you may still consider exploring the case study of Pitching for a Better Baltic Sea in order to learn and deepen your understanding by comparing it to your own experience.  

Your learning is planned according to the following methodological principles:

• Case study method – learning is based on the exploration of a “real-world example”. Instead of theory, the learning centres around the applied knowledge and experience by the organisers;
• Self-directed learning process – you are invited to set your own individual learning objectives and the learning pace and time frame that you are comfortable with. At the same time, to guide your exploration of the case study, specific learning tasks are set at the beginning of each of the sections or subsections. The Learning Module can also be studied collectively – you can invite a colleague or a friend to explore the material together with you or you can study the module in a group. When studying the material in a group, it is important to provide extra time for group interaction and discussions;
• Learning through reflection – considering that this is a self-directed Learning Module, your learning is reliant on reflection that involves active processing, reviewing, synthesising and evaluation of the information provided as part of the learning content and materials. Thus, you as a learner are engaged in and responsible for the process of meaning-making and knowledge transfer to the contexts that are relevant for you. To guide and facilitate your reflection, learning tasks on all various topics are provided as part of the Learning Module. To benefit most from the analysis and reflections on the case study, you are encouraged to make enough time for thinking and notetaking. This will allow you to arrive at conclusions that are useful for your further work.